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May-Jun 2008
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Working Together
Slick the Oily Surfer: Could this could happen to your beach?
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Maritime Union website project for schools
Working conditions for seafarers and wharfies in the 19th century were appalling. Governments took little interest in regulating the maritime industry: maritime workers were exploited; low wages were commonplace; there were excessive and gruelling hours of work, in primitive, filthy work environments. Death, crippling injuries, and health problems (particularly hernias and arthritis amongst wharfies), were commonplace.
As former union leader (1984-1992) Tas Bull once commented: "The waterfront has never been a Sunday school picnic. The bosses played it tough and the unions played tough". ...
Read on
Download the student guide below and find out more about unions, shipping, ports and the threat to our beaches
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Students' guide (pdf file)
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